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Selected chapters in English, updated twice weekly.
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A project on the ancient medical literature of India
The earliest manuscripts of the Suśrutasaṃhitā
A critical study of the Compendium of Suśruta, a medical encyclopedia composed in Sanskrit two millennia ago, through its Nepalese version.
Sanskrit edition
The Nepalese version, published with Saktumiva, the system by Dr Charles Li for Sanskrit critical editions. One edition, two interfaces.
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Progress reports from the team of the current project.
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The oldest manuscript
A diplomatic transcription of MS Kathmandu Kaiser Library 699, with facing images of the manuscript:
- Sūtrasthāna
- Nidānasthāna part of the last adhyāya only
- Śārīrasthāna missing from KL 699
- Cikitsāsthāna from adhyāya 18
- Kalpasthāna
- Uttaratantra
Projects
Recent publications
- Zysk, “Ayurvedic Dissection: Tracing its South Asian and Westward Journey”
- Angermeier, “On Epidemics: a Preliminary Critical Edition and Annotated Translation of Carakasaṃhitā 3.3”
- Brooks, “‘On Leeches’ in a Medical Treatise for Humans”
- On the Plastic Surgery of the Ears and Nose. The Nepalese Version of the Suśrutasaṃhitā